I have also a real big collection of flight and military simulations. I collected it over the past 25 years. About 1000 or more simulations sorted in slim line cases in alumium DJ-suitcases. Only english or american versions, because I don't like the german versions. Sadly I had to throw away all the nice cardboard boxes a few years ago, cause I didn't have the room for them anymore. I only kept the medias and the manuals.
At the moment I'm building a controll-stand to play all my old and new military simulations. This stand is running four computers of different ages and different OS to be able to play all the simulations from the past until now. On the left side is the old retro combi, the right side are two more modern systems. Retro is only playable with the center monitor, the rest could be played with the triple view. It's also getting changeable
HOTAS-Systems which are also interchangeable with the VR-Cockpit I also built, after the stand is finished. This could be seen in the background. It's also running two different systems when it's finished. The
HOTAS systems will be complete own constructions (not the old FLCS TQS seen here) made out of parts from original flightsticks and throttles or own 3D printed parts.
Sticks and throttles from the F-14, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, A-10, AV-8B, AH-64D, OH-58D and a collective are planned. Many of them are already near finish, but there is still a lot of work to do.
I was building a fullsize universal pit for helicopter and jets the last years, but this project took so long and now so many things where outdated, so I decided to start from scratch again, but this time with a little different aspect. The new VR-Pit will still have a front panel, an overhead and side consoles for use with it's triple view, but much less functions. Most will now be controlled with two identical left and right handed trackballs and the
HOTAS in VR, if the simulation can run in VR.
The two stacked computers at the picture are the retro systems. The upper one has an old K6-400, a Geforce 256 DDR and an Voodoo I, the one at the bottom is an Athlon 3Ghz Dual Core with a Geforce 5900 Ultra and two Voodoo II in SLI. The first one is running Windows 98 SE and the second one is running a dual boot between Windows ME and XP. The parts between the two towers are an USB-Switch, a monitor switch and a 2.1 amplifier which are used to be able to connect all four systems and the sound to the control stand. The other two computer are an Phenom II X4 965 with a Geforce RTX1650 and a Ryzen 5 2600X with a Geforce RTX2060.
In the VR-Pit is one Phenom II X6 1100T with two Geforce 660GT in SLI to run things which are better compatible to Windows 7 like the old Strike Fighters Series for example and for things like DCS there is a second system running an Ryzen 9 3900XT with a RTX 3090.
